Welcome to Friday 56! Hosted by Freda’s Voice, you turn to page 56 or 56% in any book or reading device and pick a sentence that grabs you.

Her killer’s only facial feature is a slight smile. He’s dressed in a suit. Around him is a crowd of rowdy people, one of them a man who appears to be wielding a scalpel.

Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell, page 56